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On 1/30/07, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > Free Linux Driver Development! > > Yes, that's right, the Linux kernel community is offering all companies > free Linux driver development. No longer do you have to suffer through > all of the different examples in the Linux Device Driver Kit, or pick > through the thousands of example drivers in the Linux kernel source > tree trying to determine which one is the closest to what you need to > do. > > All that is needed is some kind of specification that describes how your > device works, or the email address of an engineer that is willing to > answer questions every once in a while. A few sample devices might be > good to have so that debugging doesn't have to be done by email, but if > necessary, that can be done. > > In return, you will receive a complete and working Linux driver that is > added to the main Linux kernel source tree. The driver will be written > by some of the members of the Linux kernel developer community (over > 1500 strong and growing). This driver will then be automatically > included in all Linux distributions, including the "enterprise" ones. > It will be automatically kept up to date and working through all Linux > kernel API changes. This driver will work with all[1] of the different > CPU types supported by Linux, the largest number of CPU types supported > by any operating system ever before in the history of computing. > > As for support, the driver will be supported through email by the > original developers, when they can help out, and by the "enterprise" > Linux distributors as part of their service agreements with their > customers. > > If your company is worried about NDA issues surrounding your device's > specifications, we have arranged a program with OSDL/TLF's Tech Board to > provide the legal framework where a company can interact with a member > of the kernel community in order to properly assure that all needed NDA > requirements are fulfilled. Sounds very nice indeed. Just happened to do a driver in a similar status, where the vendor did not want to make the specs and other stuff open, but was in a position to support an OSS driver for the STB0899 demodulator driver from ST Microelectronics I think many vendors will be ready to jump in. the STB0899 demodulator driver is now available at http://linuxtv.org/hg/~manu/stb0899-c5 It needs some fixes with regards to our DVB API. (bumping it up to 3.2 from 3.1) It's almost ready to rock now, with new delivery systems. regards, manu - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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